The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-17

r0duccd hy Mr. Fulker-on of Washing
ton RESOLVED by thc House Of Dele
gates rhc Senate concurrIu-L that ths
General Assembly adjourn unt dt ON
Friday next. May 2Oth 20 D pm.
ON motion of Mr. Hay, of Madison, This
was passed by until to-day
ORDER or business.
By Nr Lcftwich. of Campbell Re-oly-
cd by the House of Delegates. That the
session of thc House be opened 40 ~ ann,
and ihc Speaker yaeaie the chair a' .
pm. and resume ii 700 pm- and that
the evening hour Doe devoted tO ihe con-
,ideraion of private and local bills in The
alphabetical order of thc members names.
and that this shall De thc continuing order
of business
Amended hy Mr. Hay hv leaving ont
thc words "priyatc and local. aud passed
by thc House a~ amended
WAR MEASURE
Mr. Payne. of FauQuicr called mp thc
bin tO remove the rca,lrer- of cities.
towns. and counties under certain circum
stances.
Mr Nmfod Of pt,syhania, moved 90
pass by and make same The special order
for to-day.
Dr. Echois of Augusta, was opposed 90
the passing hv of This resolution llcwas
m favor of proceeding a- the time had
come for action in keeping the coupons
out of the Treasury.
Mr Porter Democrau and Slr Nad-
dad Republican thought the Bill uncon-
s,imi0nal and Mr. Waddiil characterized
it as "War measure
Mr. Mallory, of Brun-wick,' also OPP
posed the BILL
The House ON the question of passing
by the resolution refused 10 do so and ON
motion of Mr. Ryan, of Loudoun. further
consideration was postponed until to-day
go - o'clock
Mr. stuart moved 20 suspend the rules
and take up House engr0-sed bills and
under This motion good many bills OF
local character were passed.
At2pm the chair was vacated.
ATrERNOON SESSION.
The House Of Delegates was called 90
order Tor ii- afternoon session at 3
o'clock. Speaker Stuart in Tine chair
Uulcr thc resolution adopted at the
morning ...ion.thecerkprocccded to cali
The roll of the House ALPHABETICALLY. each
member calling up any blu De was inter-
e,tcd in 20, DIS name was called. Under
This rlle several bills. mostly of private
character were passed
TIRE STATES rITMATuM
Nr Fukcr,on. of Washington. called
up DIS resolution in,truciing the Legisla-
iige committee On lhc debt question tO
submit the Riddlcberger bin settlement TO
The English b0ndhOlder rs the states
utimatum
Mr. Fulkerson said the Riddlebergcr
settlement had never been submitted 20
the English commission lie claimed the
time bad come when the Legislature could
wait n0 longer The body would pro6a-
bis adjourn iu few days and he wanted
this resolution 10 boz passed.
Mr. Stuart. of Alexandria lMr Echols
in the chair. said the question as 90
whether the RiddlebergeI settlement had
been submitted 90 the English commits
sion Dee had no authority TO either affirm
OF DENY and hc wished 10 know where
the gentleman from Washington got his
authority a- no member of the commit
Tee having this matter in hand had any
authority 90 make public amy OF their ac
tions. lie hoped, however report
would Dee made by tAecOmmittee in teW
hours. and he could venture 10 say this
report would be acceptable 90 large ma
iOritv OF the members
Nj Munford, of Pittsylyania, moved
10 postpone the resolution until to to-day
at o'clock
Mr. Hay, Of Madison, hoped it would
not he postponed, as the time had ,ome
for action and the people were demand
ing IT,
Mr. Munford said the resolution was
an endorsement Of the Riddleberger set
tlement.